Category Archives: Mixed Bag O’Cats

Gratitude, Catitude Abound

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

I see all the edges of things these days, maybe because we are leaving soon and this place that has irked me for so long is most beautiful now. Biking into Manhattan I look down into the churning river and … Continue reading →

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All of the Things

Posted on March 22, 2013 by

The coffee in the treasured New Zealand mug, the handful of birds in our tree out the window, the sound of coasting traffic on the street below. Woven blanket, sheepskin, topographical map, heirloom table. Three-legged cat, two-legged companion, tiny refrigerator, … Continue reading →

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A Family Affair

Posted on February 22, 2013 by

I am of and for these people– let these cats stand as testaments to how radical they all are. There are more, so many more than I can post all at once– may I just say once again how deeply … Continue reading →

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14th Day

Posted on February 14, 2013 by

It is many things. It is the sixth anniversary of my friendship with Quinn– on February 14, 2007 he shouted at my friend Cecil as she and I waded through the crowded Juniata College cafeteria, “HEY NICE SHIRT” and I … Continue reading →

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Spooky Meow

Posted on February 11, 2013 by

Our little apartment (our room, really) is so dark, painted in greys this morning, smelling of coffee and sounding of the rain at the window and the heater steaming and hissing beneath it. It seems always to be the days … Continue reading →

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Sunday Slushpile

Posted on February 10, 2013 by

When one is wearing jammies, drinking coffee, and putting off the work to be done, when the colors outside are white for the snow and blue for the sky, when the apartment is a filled with clean light, when the … Continue reading →

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1st Bunker Party of 2013

Posted on February 8, 2013 by

We are told that big weather is on its way, and we are safe inside, jammies and sweaters and Jake on his sewing machine and me with my tea and my schoolwork. Outside the wind is blowing and the rain … Continue reading →

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Special Day (written 7:30 am)

Posted on January 22, 2013 by

As I typed in this post’s title I saw something moving out of the corner of my eye and turned around to to investigate– it was snow, shaking out of the sky (which is halved this morning, a steely grey-blue … Continue reading →

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Wrapping Up The Christmas Explosion

Posted on January 5, 2013 by

The holiday season often is this kind of amped-up dreamy sensuous blur of lights and paper and bus windows and snow and sand and late lunches and early coffees and too many glasses of wine and too few hours of … Continue reading →

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TGICats

Posted on November 30, 2012 by

I can’t believe I’ve never used that title before. In my struggle to ride out the remainder of the semester, blogs tend to (unfortunately) take the back seat. Let it be known– I’m thinking about cats always. Plori 24/7. from … Continue reading →

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